Re: Current Informix vs. Oracle Data

From: Peter Ross <peterross@hotmail.com> > >Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> >Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >> > >> >> Peter Ross wrote: >> >> >> >> >In my experience the migration to Oracle of a fairly large >> application >> >> >(1,343,045 lines of 4GL code) and all the database has been fast and >> >> >smooth. I used querix for this migration. >> >> >> >> Ah, well I watched someone undertake a very similar migration myself >> >> (roughly the same size and the same tools) and it was an MCF. There >> was >> >> indeed very little code changing required, however, it wasn't really >> >> quite so smooth. >> > >> >Did you just watch or you tried it yourself. I know that querix picked >> up a >> >few programming mistakes in our code that was never picked up by >> informix >> >compilers (one of them had given us problems from time to time without >> >knowing why), Quaqlity of code is important, though you may disagree. >> >> I would *never* disagree that quality of code is important. :-) >> >> The thing is, if you're selling a migration, you can't make assumptions >> about the quality of the code you're migrating. I've seen similar things >> with other migration tools, and they all have the same sort of problems. >> >> >> It hit the fan when they went into production and found out the >> >> differences in optimisation strategies and the like. And just because >> >> Informix-4GL and Querix can compile to C, doesn't mean they run the >> >> same... :-) >> > >> >My experience is different. >> >> I'm sure if you asked Querix, they would say that their product ran >> faster... :-) >> >> But it might be an interesting experience to properly benchmark the two >> products on the same platform. Not that I could be bothered. :) > >I think you should bother to test things for yourself. It would make your >comments much more objective. Why on earth would I want to do that? :-) >I can talk of my particular experience, I was really desperate for migrating >an application to Oracle. I have had very good results with Querix. I >believe you have not had such a direct exposure. This is a serious news >group where people turn to, in order to get some help, it is hardly the >place to make comments which on subjects you know nothing about. Well, I have a gentleman's agreement with the client in question not to be too specific. However, I was actually undertaking the support of the site and I know of which I speak. Please note that the bulk of the entertainment value was caused by the gung-ho approach to the migration and the quality of the source, not by the tools or Oracle. Which same I said before. I do not have any axe to grind with Querix, Informix or Oracle. But if I may reiterate my main point: GIVING AWAY THE ORACLE DATABASE LICENSE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE MIGRATION FROM INFORMIX WILL BE FREE. That was really what I was trying to say. Can we bury this now? I think I've qualified it well enough. :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com